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Friday Nite Videos | June 6, 2025

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I Love a Parade! (Trump Military Parade Song). We Asked 5 Young Men: Are They Struggling More Than Women? Meet Tim Pool: Podcaster With a WH Press Pass. Musk-Trump Feud Goes Nuclear. Gaza: Journalists Under Fire.

How Do We Get the ADL out of Schools?

A conversation with Nora Lester Murad of #DropTheADLfromSchools Der Spekter
The ADL is project to conflate criticism of Israel with antisemitism, is also a leader in promoting anti-BDS policies, has also taken a leadership role in the attack on ethnic studies in California.

Polling Conundrums: Activist Government, Sí; Democrats, No!

Harold Meyerson The American Prospect
Building a progressive populist movement requires Democrats to talk about Wall Street, which most are reluctant to do. If they’re going to benefit from the public’s anti-oligarch turn, however, they’re going to have Bernie-fy themselves.

Tidbits- June 5-Reader Comments: Freedom Flotilla Sets Sail; That’s Antisemitism; What Would Recognizing Palestine Really Mean; RFK Jr. Broke 60 Years of Vaccine Decision-Making; the Upside-Down Priorities of House Budget – the Black Left & Labor…

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Reader Comments: Freedom Flotilla Sets Sail; That's Antisemitism; What Would Recognizing Palestine Really Mean; RFK Jr. Broke 60 Years of Vaccine Decision-Making; The Upside-Down Priorities of House Budget - The Black Left & Labor: What are we doing

Say the Word

Olivia Gerber Los Angeles Review of Books
Author Montell analyzes the social science of cult influence and how leaders of cults use language to exercise power. Reviewer Gerber uses her own childhood cult experience as a window into this complex topic.